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I've found out about the Grow the fuck up movement in dA a few minutes ago, and I couldn't agree more. You can find their manifesto there :icongrow-the-fck-up: and I'm sure that most of you will agree as well. After reading the comments, tho, I feel the need to elaborate more on the subject, about nudity, porn, art and tabboo. Let's do that.

Let me start by saying that, the term "artistic nude" was, is and always will be idiotic to say the least (The same goes for "nude photographer", of course). Why isn't the word "artistic" in front of other categories? 'Artistic landscapes' for example. The only way this would be useful is if there were other 'nude' categories to differentiate. "Masturbation nude" or "show-of nude" (both valid categories imo). For me, this is not a category. It's a pre-emptive, defence mechanism (hey, it's not porn, people, no matter what you see. It's ARTISTIC) or, in some cases (most cases?), a handy excuse to show-off your dick and pussy. Again, I'm all up for dicks and pussies, but, since this is mostly what you get when you go to the 'artistic nude' category, it would be easier if we rename it plain nude, or if we create some dedicated categories, like the ones I mentioned above. And that brings me to a cruel truth, for anyone out there who lives in the clouds:

PEOPLE MASTURBATE WITH YOUR PICTURES!

You can masturbate with anything. You can masturbate with a picture of Santa if you like. It doesn't even have to be nude, you can masturbate to a pretty face as well (there IS a "pretty faces" category in some porn sites). From the moment you put a picture online in a huge community like dA, people WILL masturbate on it. And when I say 'people' I don't mean "sick people" or "perverts". This is DEVIANTart, a community that thrives in fetish photography so, being judgemental of people for their fetishes is kinda pointless and wrong. And don't even bother saying "If they wanna jerk off they should go to a porn site". That's what I'm trying to tell you. This IS a porn site. Go to 'artistic nude' category any day. Half of the new pictures are webcam stills of people posing nude. Again, I'm not judging on context or technicalities but mainly on intentions.

This is a community for artists but at the same time it's a porn site with REAL amateurs. People like you and me who, not only like to expose themselves, but they take requests as well on how you like them to open their legs. And even that is a form of expression, hence art. There's no clear distinction between nude art and porn and I challenge anyone to prove me wrong. This is both an art and porn place, and it's the community itself that grants it this status.

So, where do we draw the line? The popular answer is "child pornography" and I'm going to use that as an example. But because this is a sensitive subject, let's put some disclaimers first.

1. Child pornography is ethically and morally WRONG.
2. It is also illegal
3. Once more, CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IS WRONG! Ok?

Yes but, is it art? Let's see. In the aforementioned grow-the-fck-up profile, there are more than a few who established their opinion about the subject, even though no one mentioned or implied it. "I agree, BUT child pornography is WRONG!". Yeah, nobody says otherwise. It's like they afraid that, if they don't specify, people will automatically assume they're pedophiles. No matter the reason, the fact is that most people (including myself) are very very agressive in their opinions about child molestation. So... isn't that a reason to express these emotions with art? I thought this is how art works.
If I wanna express my detest and the horrors of child abuse by shooting or drawing a picture of a father raping his daughter, is it child pornography? And if so, is a picture of someone pointing a gun over a dead body, MURDER? Well, I guess artists like the Chapman brothers should be behind bars. www.google.com/images?hl=&q=Di…

We already established that is WRONG WRONG WRONG. We also established and that people will masturbate with everything. But that doesn't stop us from putting everything else out there. It's not a matter of right and wrong, it's a matter of artistic expression. If I must accept 'A' as forbidden, then why not 'B'?

Anyway, what I'm saying is, stop hiding behind your finger. And stop being so damn scared of what people might think of you. People are gonna attack you for lesser things and people WILL masturbate with your body no matter how many 'respect the model' disclaimers you put. You don't have to like it, but it's foolish not to acknowledge it and accept it. Even as a 'cruel truth'

And grow the fuck up.
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Well, it's 35 degrees out there (that's like, 90 F)and 'outside' is now a forbidden zone. So what do I do inside all day? I uploaded some new illustrations on my other account. Stuff I drew over the past few weeks. Some are new and exciting ideas. Others are old unfinished stuff that were in the 'drafts' folder for too long. So be sure to check them out and tell me what you think.

My Illustrations account: :iconbluthan:
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Recently I participated in a Red Bull video contest. This is my entry:

www.redbullremake.gr/#/remakes…

You can log in and vote for it as many times as you want so, do me a solid, deviantart. Vote, vote, vote and tell it to your friends as well!

(Unless you really don't like my video :P)
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